Maroon Bells
Maroon Bells and Maroon Lake with reflection of rocks and mountains in snow around at autumn in Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. Stock photo by haveseen via Envato Elements.
The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (0. 3 miles). The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon Peak, at 4,317 metres (14,163 ft), is the 27th highest peak in Colorado. North Maroon Peak, at 4,273 metres (14,019 ft), is the 50th highest (depending on how they are counted). The view of the Maroon Bells to the southwest from the Maroon Creek valley is very heavily photographed. The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness was one of five areas in Colorado designated as wilderness in the original Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness area surrounds the extremely popular Maroon Bells Scenic Area, which is a major access point for Wilderness travel.
Nearby Locations:
| Maroon Lake Trailhead (3.2 miles) Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort (9.7 miles) Crested Butte Mountain Resort (11.9 miles) Three Lakes Loop Trailhead (18.2 miles) Vail Ski Resort (50.2 miles) | Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (53 miles) Breckenridge Ski Resort (56.9 miles) Lower Cataract Lake (64 miles) Colorado Trail Section #6 Trailhead (70 miles) Abyss Lake Trailhead (74.8 miles) |
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